Hiski Haukkala

Current position:

• Professor of International Relations, Politics/Faculty of Management, University of Tampere, since June 2018.

Previous professional experience:

• Head of Cabinet and Secretary General, Office of the President of the Republic of Finland, January-May 2018.
• Foreign Policy Adviser to the President of the Republic of Finland, August 2016-December 2017
• Associate Professor of International Relations, Politics/School of Management, University of Tampere, January-July 2016. 
• Visiting Professor, the College of Europe, Natolin, Warsaw, academic years 2013-2016
• Special Adviser, Unit for Policy Planning and Research, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, 2014-2015.
• Acting Professor of International Relations, Politics/School of Management, University of Tampere, August 2011–December 2013
• University Lecturer, the Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Tampere, August 2010–July 2011
• Special Adviser, Unit for Policy Planning and Research, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, January 2009–July 2010
• Researcher, EU Programme, The Finnish Institute of International Affairs, January–December 2008
• Researcher, Russia's European Choice project, The Finnish Institute of International Affairs, 2005–2007
• Researcher, Department of Political Science, University of Turku, 2004–2006
• Guest Lecturer, The Department of Politics, University of Stirling, Spring Term 2006
• Editor, Kosmopolis - the Finnish quarterly of peace and conflict studies and world politics 2004–2005
• Visiting Research Fellow, International Institute for Strategic Studies, London, October–December 2004
• Researcher/Head of the EU Enlargement Project, The Finnish Institute of International Affairs, October 2001–December 2004
• Visiting Research Fellow, European Union Institute for Security Studies, Paris, October–December 2002
• Project Officer/Researcher, Programme on the Northern Dimension of the CFSP (The Finnish Institute of International Affairs), April–August 2001
• Researcher, The Finnish Institute of International Affairs, March 2001
• Researcher, Programme on the Northern Dimension of the CFSP (The Finnish Institute of International Affairs), February–December 2000
• Part-time Teacher, European Studies, Centre for Extension Studies, University of Turku, 1999–2002
• Researcher, Jean Monnet Unit, University of Turku, January–September 1999, the Northern Dimension and the Baltic Sea Region Project

Education:

• Doctor of Social Sciences (Politics/International Relations), University of Turku, October 2008
• Master of Social Sciences (Politics/International Relations), University of Turku, January 1999. Minor subjects: Political History, Economics, Sociology
• Spring Term 1997 in England in the Centre for European Studies, University of Exeter
• Matriculation Examination in Länsi-Pori Upper Secondary in 1992